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On Tuesday evening, a flash was seen over Illinois and other states which caused a bit of a panic among the inhabitants. The National Weather Service in Detroit reported after reviewing several observational data, that the flash and the boom…

Longer periods in which astronauts are are not in a gravitational field induce an increase in body temperature compared to a persistent fever. Researchers at a Berlin university clinic called Charité have concluded that low gravity leads to an increase…

The hole in the ozone layer formed over Antarctica was discovered by scientists more than thirty years ago, in the 80s. Now, it seems that due to the global ban on hazardous chemicals (chloro-fluorocarbons) has cause the closing of the…

Black holes are the darlings of astrophysicists all over the world. There’s simply no other cosmic object as fascinating and as paradoxical. Which is why any time new behaviors are observed, the science world gets very excited indeed. A super-massive…

At the beginning of the spring, the nine-ton Chinese Space Station will collapse on Earth. But specialists claim that the object will not pose a danger to humans. Tiangong-1 will collapse on Earth in mid-March, according to an analysis by…

Western culture is very reliant on individuals’ trust in institutions, particularly when it comes to hospitals. We are so used to thinking of doctors as infallible, that each time evidence to the contrary is revealed, reactions can get extreme in…

According to the latest study about the effects of alcohol on the human body, the findings are shocking. Researchers have explained why alcohol increases the risk of cancer. Furthermore, alcohol destroys stem cell DNA, according to a study by the…

Researchers at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill have succeeded in mapping the way an opioid receptor in the brain binds to a molecule similar to morphine. The receptor protein, known as the kappa opioid receptor, is one…

DNA samples found in the remains of a child found in Alaska suggest that during the last ice age, there was a population of humans called Beringians. These ancient ancestors were the first to populate and cross the Beringia land…